Capturedbykaryn Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 How to do I know in PS if I've added enough noise to prevent banding on my backdrop? I did not see the banding in PS after the noise was added but it appeared like crazy on FB. Should I be worries about the print output? OR is there a better method to preventing this type of banding? Thx Karyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Possibly because you uploaded PNG files. Have you also tried Jpeg? Most likely it's just an unavoidable Facebook thing. I can't see any banding in these files you've posted here. Can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capturedbykaryn Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 I don't see as much on my post here. I'm seeing a ton of circular banding on FB (looks like where my strobe was spilling off on the backdrop). I did upload to FB as a PNG. I tried jpg at 70% quality and my images posted a lot less crisp. I'm a little obsessive about sharpness. I was going crazy when I noticed dad's eyes weren't tack sharp in the second photo posted, but I loved the pose so much more so I tried to save it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 May I have the link to where you uploaded it on FB? Are you aware that if your PNG file is over a megabyte Facebook automatically converts it to a jpeg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capturedbykaryn Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Yes my FB page is www.facebook.com/capturedbykaryn I was not aware of that! So I've been resizing and sharpening for Web at 2000 or 2048 long side and save as png24. What size or quality would I need to save the png at to get below 1mb? Thank you for taking a look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Try it yourself and see! Download one of the photos from Facebook, and voila! You'll see it's a jpeg. 9 minutes ago, Capturedbykaryn said: What size or quality would I need to save the png at to get below 1mb? Well, you have to watch the size as you're saving. Generally I find that 960px is ok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Try posting it as a jpeg, at 2048px wide, at level quality 11 and compare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Keddie Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Samantha LaRue said: Try posting it as a jpeg, at 2048px wide, at level quality 11 and compare. This is exactly how I save my photos for FB. 2048 is the size that renders best on phones and tablets, so that's what I go with rather than 960. Be sure to sharpen properly for web, of course, and this is about the best you can do to get around FB's compression algorithms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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